Heroes of the Grenfell Tower fire and Manchester and London terror attacks have not been included in the New Year Honours list, while politicians and celebrities do make the cut. The organisers of the honours list said more time was needed to gather and judge nominations of people praised for their responses to this year’s biggest…

The S&P 500 finished 2017 with 12 months of…

Thrilled Barry Gibb is gripped by Saturday Knight Fever after being made a Sir by the Queen. The 71-year-old Bee Gees frontman tops a list of more than 1,000 celebrities, public servants and everyday heroes recognised in the New Year Honours . The “humbled and proud” star paid a touching tribute to his brothers and…

Die insolvente österreichische Fluggesellschaft Niki gehört künftig zu großen Teilen dem Mutterkonzern von British Airways und Iberia. Das bestätigte die International Airlines Group (IAG). IAG will alle Landerechte von Niki an den Flughäfen Wien, Düsseldorf, München, Palma de Mallorca und Zürich übernehmen, dazu 15 der 21 Airbus-A320-Flugzeuge, die die Österreicher geleast haben. 740 der rund…

A new contender just moved into second place in the race to catch bitcoin. Ripple, a cryptocurrency that first surfaced in 2013, has surged 53 percent in the past 24 hours to surpass ethereum and take the title of the world’s second-most valuable digital coin by market cap. Ripple’s market value rocketed to $86 billion,…

Hardware companies aren’t alone in tying their fortunes to Apple. Mobile game developers don’t have many places to go for distribution, with Apple and Google having largely cornered the market. Apart from collaborations like Super Mario and Swift Playgrounds, Apple doesn’t stamp its name on too many games, turning instead to third-party developers to supply…

Enlarge / Wichita Police. Wichita PoliceA 28-year-old Wichita, Kansas man was killed last night by police who were responding to a tip falsely reporting a hostage situation at the man’s house. And rumors are swirling in the Call of Duty community that the death was the result of a « swatting » attack gone horribly wrong. « I…

Representatives for the Dr. Phil show are balking at allegations that the daytime talk show’s psychiatrist’s staff enabled guests with substance addictions to boost ratings. The long-running television program, which is lead by Phil McGraw, came under fire Thursday when STAT and The Boston Globe published an exposé featuring claims from multiple guests — including former Survivor: China winner Todd Herzog, who struggled with…

Don’t play dumb, we know you did all of these back in 2008. Just do everyone a favor and keep them there.